Want to pick my peaches? Is it that easy?

Jade Capital Mountain!

Hongjun slowly exhaled a turbid breath.

"After all these countless years of cultivation, I've finally healed the Dao Injury, hahaha!" Hongjun laughed smugly.

Recalling Taichu, whom he had encountered at Buzhou Mountain, Hongjun's old face darkened again.

"Fine, fine, Taichu. Next time This Old Ancestor meets you, I'll have to have a proper discussion. You've repeatedly snatched This Old Ancestor's opportunities—this score is noted."

With that, Hongjun slowly closed his eyes again and resumed seclusion.

Two blossoms bloom on separate branches—let's speak of the other.

Taichu, descending from Buzhou Mountain, went directly to Pangu Hall, but this time he did not enter.

Standing before Pangu Hall's gates, Taichu could clearly sense a faint, barely perceptible aura.

"It seems these little ones still need some time before they emerge."

With that, Taichu took a single step, and in a few flashes, he arrived at the East Sea Coast.

"Since the Chaos Pearl brought me here back then, I'll make this place my Daoist Temple."

So saying, Taichu flew over the East Sea, unknowingly reaching its depths.

Vaguely, he felt a strange pull of fate, yet no matter how he searched, he found nothing amiss.

"I must have missed something. In the unseen, a guiding force led me here—how could there be nothing?"

Pouring his full power into his cultivation, the divine sense of a Great Luo Golden Immortal Middle Stage spread wide, sweeping across the entire East Sea surface.

"So it's here, hahaha!" Taichu laughed and flew straight over.

"An innate Five Elements Grand Formation—no wonder it was so hard to find."

"But even an innate Five Elements Grand Formation—so what?"

It wasn't arrogance on Taichu's part; after all, he had debated the Way with the Five Elements Demon God for tens of thousands of years in the chaos. He believed he could easily refine this Five Elements formation.

Since the opportunity had fallen into his hands, there was no point in hesitating.

He immediately used his great power to bombard the Five Elements Grand Formation relentlessly.

This wasn't brute force on Taichu's part—quite the opposite. He knew the Five Elements Grand Formation was hard to refine, so he attacked it simply and violently.

Once the formation weakened under assault, refining it would be twice the result with half the effort.

This was another benefit from his debates with the Five Elements Demon God.

If he had tried to refine it directly, it would have been time-consuming and exhausting.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Outside the formation, Taichu kept attacking it relentlessly.

This would later leave a hidden danger for Taichu when he entered the formation.

Because as he was furiously attacking the formation, two figures in the distance were watching him.

They were Hun Kun Old Ancestor and Limitless Old Ancestor.

Without exception, these two old ancestors were also reincarnated remnants of demon gods.

A thousand years later, the formation finally loosened.

Taichu spotted the Array Core at a glance.

"Open for me!"

With a great shout from Taichu, the formation was finally broken.

Taichu clapped his hands in satisfaction and was about to enter when a voice rang out.

"Hahaha, we thank you, Daoist, for spending a thousand years breaking this formation for us."

As the laughter faded, two figures arrived with the sound.

Taichu raised an eyebrow and asked, "So you're saying I broke this formation for the two of you?"

"Something like that," Limitless Old Ancestor said with a laugh.

"Courting death. It seems you two remnants have no intention of giving up. Since that's the case, This Seat will take you both."

"Presumptuous! This Seat is Hun Kun Old Ancestor, and this is Limitless Old Ancestor. How dare a reckless thing like you speak of us?"

"Utter nonsense. I don't care who you are. Ask that old dog beside you if he knows who I am," Taichu said.

Hearing this, Hun Kun Old Ancestor looked at Limitless Old Ancestor and asked, "You know him?"

Limitless Old Ancestor said, "Something like that."

At this, both Taichu and Hun Kun turned to look at him.

Was this Limitless Old Ancestor's mind addled?

Was that the only thing he could say?

But at that moment, Taichu was pondering another question—how had these demon gods survived?

"Hey, kid! Scared shitless hearing our names?" Hun Kun Old Ancestor said.

Taichu then figured it out—these demon gods were basically the scraps of the Chaos.

They must have skipped the great opening battle, staying far from the Chaos Center, so the great calamity of the opening hadn't wiped them all out.

Now, with the Heavenly Dao not yet emerged and the Great Dao ignoring everything, these lingering remnants of souls were left to stir up trouble.

Seeing Taichu standing there, neither moving nor speaking, Hun Kun Old Ancestor went on: "Know what's good for you and scram. For breaking that formation for this Old Ancestor, I'll spare your life!"

"You talk way too damn much!" Before the words faded, Taichu struck out with a palm.

Boom!

A thunderous crash sent Limitless Old Ancestor and Hun Kun Old Ancestor flying ten thousand miles away.

"So weak," Taichu sneered coldly.

"I've got to say, you Chaos Demon Gods come to the Primordial World, but your brains still don't work. Don't you have any damn clue about your own cultivation levels?" Taichu said flatly, watching the two blasted figures.

Hun Kun Old Ancestor and Limitless Old Ancestor exchanged glances and said in unison: "He's strong!"

Taichu nearly laughed out loud at that. Were these two idiots or what?

Couldn't they tell if he was strong or not?

But right now, he had no mood for jokes.

Taichu only wanted to kill them.

Just as Taichu was about to press forward, Hun Kun Old Ancestor and Limitless Old Ancestor were already in front of him.

The two struck together, and both sides staggered back a few steps.

"I underestimated you two."

Hun Kun Old Ancestor laughed wildly: "Kid, that was a sneak attack just now. You really think you can kill us?"

Taichu's expression turned serious. He said calmly: "Try and find out, won't you?"

With that, he threw a punch—heavy and forceful.

Hun Kun Old Ancestor and Limitless Old Ancestor's faces changed drastically as they hurriedly summoned their spirit treasures to block.

Boom!

Another thunderous crash, and both sides were sent flying a million miles apart.

They locked eyes, then charged forward again. In an instant, fierce winds swept across the Eastern Sea, treasures flashed with light, and within moments, they had clashed thousands of times.

Taichu thought to himself: Every Chaos Demon God has something special about them. Can't underestimate them—even a remnant soul isn't easy to wipe out.

But Hun Kun Old Ancestor and Limitless Old Ancestor weren't having an easy time either. They exchanged glances and felt the urge to retreat. Looked like they'd run into a tough nut today.

With that thought, Taichu waved his hand, and a ruler tinged with Xuanhuang light appeared in his grasp.

"Primordial Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler!" Hun Kun Old Ancestor cried out in alarm.

As soon as the Primordial Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler was unleashed, countless ruler shadows swept toward the two—inescapable, unavoidable.

But these two old ancestors were no pushovers either; both were decisive men.

In the nick of time, Hun Kun Old Ancestor hurled his spirit treasure, the "Dragon Soul Wood," and chose to self-destruct.